[lutusp]

> First correct color panorama of Mars from Curiosity rover

It is not "correct color" as one would see it on Mars. As explained by its creator, it is color-adjusted to correspond to how the pictured landscape would look if it were on earth. If it were truly "correct color", the sky would be pink-orange -- like this:

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/jackalope/assets_c/2012/08/...

[munimkazia]

I don't understand. How is the color adjusted? Does the picture OP posted show the landscape with earth's atmospheric conditions?

[lutusp]

> How is the color adjusted?

An adept user of programs like Photoshop can manipulate the colors of an image to meet any imaginable criterion:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/curiosity-sharp-ba...

A quote: "The colors in this image are not what a human standing on Mars would see — the presence of dust in the atmosphere would make the scene appear much redder. Instead, the pictures have been white-balanced to show how it would appear under typical Earth lighting conditions. This will help the Earth-centered geologists who are trained to recognize features based on how they look using more familiar light."